Education: Literacy rate inches up 1%, stands at 58%

[ALOK31]

National Education Policy dreams 86% by 2015. PHOTO: FILE

ISLAMABAD :The National Education Policy (NEP) 2009 proposes an increase in the literacy rate to 86% by 2015.

That may be a distant dream given that it currently stands at 58%, and rose by merely 1% in the outgoing fiscal, according to the Economic Survey 2011-12 released on Thursday.
The NEP proposed achieving the goal by up-scaling of on-going programmes of literacy and non-formal education along with achieving ‘universal primary education’ and ensuring ‘zero-drop rates’ at the primary level.
The economic survey, however, showed that all these targets were far from being accomplished.
Citing Pakistan Social and Living Standard Measurement (PSLM) Survey 2010-11 and the last PSLM 2008-09, the economic survey said literacy remains “much higher in urban areas than in rural and much higher for men than for women.”
Punjab leads with 60% literacy followed by Sindh 59, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 50 and Balochistan 41.
“The overall number of enrolments during 2010-11 was 39.9 million, compared to 38.2 million during the same period last year, showing an increase of 4.4%,” the survey said, adding that enrollment is estimated to increase to 41.6 million during 2011-12. The number of teachers during 2010-11 was 1.41 million, compared to 1.39 million during the corresponding period last year, showing an increase of 1.7%.
HEC
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) awarded 590 scholarships in the post-doctoral fellowship programme which were availed by 477 scholars, out of which 449 completed studies.
During 2008-12, a total of 3,996 scholarships were awarded under different programmes – 1,650 of those scholars have completed their studies.
Next year’s allocation
The government has allocated Rs15.8 billion for higher education in the proposed Public Service Development Programme (PSDP) for fiscal 2012-2013, against Rs14 billion allocated last year.
The major chunk of the proposed allocations goes to infrastructure development including the establishment of new educational institutions and department for higher education, and upgradation and improvement of the existing facilities.
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[Jango]

86% by 2015, in 3 years a jump from around 60% to 86%, that is quite optimistic, or the government has taken a huge initiative.

 

[Roybot]

How does Pakistan gets its Literacy figures, I mean without a census?

 

[farhan_9909]

60%

last time i saw our literacy rate already is 66% as per 2010

being living in pak

i think it is already above 60% without any doubt

 

[ALOK31]

60%

last time i saw our literacy rate already is 66% as per 2010

being living in pak

i think it is already above 60% without any doubt

WHEN PAKISTAN LITERACY RATE WAS 66% PLEASE PROVIDE LINK. LAST TIME I HEAR PAKISTAN LITERACY RATE WAS 49%.

 

[mr42O]

i thought it was 25% but nice too see better numbers. I could see that when in Pakistan more and more geting eduaction

 

[PakistaniandProud]

This is great, but what about the bad news we here all day? People are still starving in Pakistan and we just watch!

 

[KRAIT]

We all boast about growing literacy in our country but every time we elect same morons.

 

[punjabimunda]

loll pakistans literacy rate is barely 45%. india produces close to 600000 engineers every year. how many pakistan prroducesss??? less that 5% of it lolllll.

 

[Talha Khan Abid]

loll pakistans literacy rate is barely 45%. india produces close to 600000 engineers every year. how many pakistan prroducesss??? less that 5% of it lolllll.

Sir its the quality that matters, not quantity. Pakistani engineers are better than indians.

 

[punjabimunda]

Sir its the quality that matters, not quantity. Pakistani engineers are better than endians.

r u serious lolll?????

dont make me laugh right now plzzz.. i dont wanna start it again.

peace.

 

[KRAIT]

Sir its the quality that matters, not quantity. Pakistani engineers are better than endians.

Do you know the reputation of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) graduates in top universities of the world.?

 

[Talha Khan Abid]

Do you know the reputation of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) graduates in top universities of the world.?

Sir its the students that counts not institutes.

 

[KRAIT]

Sir its the students that counts not institutes.

I said graduates from IIT. BTW i haven't taken into numerous students graduating each from NITs

 

[Talha Khan Abid]

I said graduates from IIT. BTW i haven't taken into numerous students graduating each from NITs

Sir Pakistanis have very good colleges as well.

And they are very smart people. I studied with a lot of them. They are smarter than Indians. No offensive sir.